Paphiopedilum nigritum (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer 1896 SUBGENUS Sigmatopetalum SECTION Blepharopetalum Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by The Paph House.

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Common Name The Blackish Paphiopedilum

Found in Borneo small sized, hot growing terrestrial with oblong, acute, dark green with lighter marbling above leaves that bloms in the spring and summer on a terminal, erect, to 8" [to 20 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence

Synonyms Cordula nigrita Rolfe; 1912; *Cypripedium nigritum Rchb. f. 1882; Paphiopedilum barbatum var. nigritum (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer 1903

Flower Size 2.5" [^.25 cm]

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 1 1981 photo fide;

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